Rescue Services Collection

Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Shows man with a breeches buoy, a rope-based device to rescue people from wrecked ships

British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Elsie Knocker, the Baroness de T'Serclaes (1884-1978) and Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981) standing in the ruins of Pervijze (Pervyse), West Flanders

German Red Cross Dogs going to front, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German Red Cross Dogs going to front, between c1915 and 1918. German soldiers with Red Cross dogs heading to the front during World War I.

Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Maj
Maj. Richardson & British Red Cross dogs, between 1914 and c1915. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin H. Richardson with Red Cross war dogs during World War I.

Bandages from kit of British Dog, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bandages from kit of British Dog, between 1914 and c1915. Man getting bandages from a dog, during World War I.

Women's Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps, Eng., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Women's Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps, Eng., between c1910 and c1915. Women training with a dog as part of the Women's Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps during World War I in England.

"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Creator: M
"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Engraving after a painting....the work of rescue has been completed

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins...after the explosion of the powder ship... (1807-1809)
King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the powder ship on January 12, 1807, (1807-1809)

Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Late Boiler Explosion, Lily-Lane Mill, Halifax, [in Yorkshire], 1850. The boiler, with one huge lift, raised the whole of the four floors above it to a considerable height; when

The Southwold Life-boat making for the rescue of a ship's crew on the outer shoal, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Southwold Life-boat making for the rescue of a ship's crew on the outer shoal, 1862. View of...a very gallant and prompt service rendered on the 28th January by the Southwold life-boat

Rescue basket used during Hurricane Katrina, ca. 2005. Creator: Unknown
In August 2005, Atlantic Hurricane Katrina caused over 1, 800 deaths and $125 billion in damage, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas

Receiving-House of the Royal Humane Society, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Receiving-House of the Royal Humane Society, 1844. Boathouse and boatman of the Royal Humane Society, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned or dead

Ward of the Receiving-House of the Royal Humane Society, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ward of the Receiving-House of the Royal Humane Society, 1844. Facilities of the Royal Humane Society, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned or dead, at Hyde Park in London

Two policemen save a family, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Two policemen save a family, 1930. Deux Gendarmes Sauvent Une Famille. French policemen rescue a family and their horse from floods. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Italy is in mourning, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Italy is in mourning, 1930. L Italie Est En Deuil. Soldiers and fascist Blackshirts help in the rescue and recovery effort in the aftermath of a serious earthquake

To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. Creator: Unknown
To the rescue: the life-buoy, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Saved!, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Saved!, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. Artist: Michael Walters
Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. A Westland Whirlwind HAS 10 beloning to RAF Search & Rescue lowers a member of the rescue team to recover a pilot in his life raft

One by one the trapped are released, 1940 (1942). A young girl is recued from the ruins during the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Interior of the Malakoff, (8th September 1855), 1900. Artist: William Simpson
Interior of the Malakoff, (8th September 1855), 1900

A balloon on a roof, 1894. Firemen trying to come to the aid of a balloonist who has crash landed on a roof. Illustration in Le Petit Journal, 1894

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